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Gordon & MacPhail

Independent bottlers

Gordon & MacPhail
58-60 South Street
Elgin
Moray
IV30 1JY
Tel: 01343 545110

Creation date1895

Gordon & MacPhail is an ancient house of Elgin, in the heart of the Speyside region. The society was founded in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. The originality of their business was the combination of a grocery with a wine and spirit business. The grocery is still active nowadays.
John Urquhart joined them from the very first year and he was dealing with the whisky business. His grand children are still owners of the company.
James Gordon and John MacPhail were pioneers in the marketing of single malt outside the Highlands. Single malt was the most appreciated in Scotland, while the international markets preferred the blends, because more predictable
Their policy was from the beginning to buy new whisky at renowned distilleries and to mature it in casks they select themselves. They bottle the whisky at the moment they decide it has reached the best quality level possible.
The results of this policy is that they have now lots of rare whiskies, because they are maturing in their own warehouses (some of them are over the 50 years), or because the producing distillery has disappeared since a long time.
Gordon & MacPhail use(d) to add caramel to their bottlings, in order to obtain a more intense colour.

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	Gordon & MacPhail
Collection				Sample
	Glen-Grant	1963		19
		1955	19
	Inverleven	1990-2004
	Longmorn	1963		19
	Macallan	Speymalt 1999
	Millburn	Distilled 1972
Cask	Highland-Park	Cask 1989	17 3/4
	Longmorn	Cask 1973	18
Connoisseurs Choice	Ardbeg	Gordon & MacPhail, 1996	18
	Bladnoch	Connoisseurs Choice 1988	16 1/4
	Clynelish	Connoisseur's Choice 1989	17 2/5
	Craigellachie	Connoisseurs Choice 1988	17 1/2
	Glenesk	Connoisseurs Choice 1984
	Pittyvaich	1993
Rare Old	StMagdalene	Rare Old 1975	18 1/2
	Tamdhu	Rare Old 1961		19
Reserve	Ardmore	Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve	17
		Gordon & MacPhail 1993 Reserve
	Aultmore	Gordon & MacPhail 1989 Reserve	18
	Benrinnes	Gordon & MacPhail 1975 Reserve
		Gordon & MacPhail 1993 Reserve
	Benromach	Gordon & MacPhail 2000 Reserve (for Netherlands)		17
	Bunnahabhain	Gordon & MacPhail 2000 Reserve
	Caperdonich	Gordon & MacPhail 1982 Reserve	18
		Gordon & MacPhail 1972 Reserve cask #4063		19
	Craigellachie	Gordon & MacPhail 1994 Reserve
	Glenburgie	Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve	17 2/3
	Glenlivet	Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve	19
	Glenrothes	Gordon & MacPhail 1978 Reserve, cask 19236	19
	Glenturret	Gordon & MacPhail 1998 Reserve (for Netherlands)		15
	Highland-Park	Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve (For Netherlands)		17
		Gordon & MacPhail 1997 Reserve, cask 5832	18
	Imperial	Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve	18 1/3
	Linkwood	Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve
	Lochside	Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve (for Netherlands) cask 15213	18
	Rosebank	Gordon & MacPhail 1990 Reserve	17
		Gordon & MacPhail 1991 Reserve (for Netherlands)	18
	Tamdhu	Gordon & MacPhail 1973-2008 Reserve	18
Gordon & MacPhail	Dallas-Dhu	1980 Gordon & MacPhail	16
	Glentauchers	Gordon & MacPhail 1990	16 2/3
	Imperial	Gordon & MacPhail, 1990	16 1/2
The MacPhail's Collection	Highland-Park	MacPhail's 30 years		18
	Tamdhu	8 years, the MacPhail's collection	15 2/3
		1962, MacPhail's	18
Private Collection	Caol-Ila	Private Collection (Gordon & MacPhail)	17 3/5
Rare Vintage Range	Strathisla	40 years old	19
		1967, Gordon&MacPhail	18

Cask


Highland Park	Longmorn

Connoisseur's choice


Bladnoch	Clynelish	Craigellachie

Ardbeg	Pittyvaich	Inverleven

Glenesk

Gordon & MacPhail


Dallas Dhu	Imperial	Glentauchers	Macallan

Private Collection


Caol Ila

Reserve


Glenburgie	Imperial	Aultmore	Ardmore

Caperdonich	Rosebank	Glenlivet	Benrinnes

Tamdhu	Rosebank	Highland Park	Glenrothes

Lochside

The MacPhail's Collection


Tamdhu	Tamdhu

Rare Old


St Magdalene

Rare Vintage Range


Strathisla	Glen Grant	Strathisla	Millburn

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